Blue-Crowned Hanging Parrot, Unique and Fascinating Birds

in #animal7 years ago (edited)

Hanging Bird

Who doesn't know with this one bird with the name is Blue-Crowned Hanging Parrot, birds with physical characteristics of the color green and some red is very hasty in existence, for reasons of its beauty and uniqueness. for this reason this bird is very hunted and traded in various places.


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There is one unique uniqueness of this Blue-Crowned Hanging Parrot, namely sleep with legs on top and head down. Maybe you often see bats that sleep with style like this, but what about the behavior of this bird? really unique isn't it?.
This attraction makes a tiny bird that is only as big as paddy bird looks funny and dazzling.

Characteristic

Blue-Crowned Hanging Parrot include small birds. Its length from the beak to the tail end is only about 12 cm. One of the characteristics of birds Blue-Crowned Hanging Parrot is a colorful fur. His head feathers are bright green, Its beak is black with a curved shape, his eyes round yellow, and a little blue color that adorns his head. This enchanting appearance is still coupled with the beauty of wings feathers are dark green with red and black at the end. Body fur is light green mixed with yellow, color brownish yellow back fur, while the tail feathers are dark green mixed with red and black.


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Feather color in the throat (neck) can be used to distinguish the sex of this bird. In the male Blue-Crowned Hanging Parrot there is a red dot around his neck and while the female Blue-Crowned Hanging Parrot is yellow.

Habitat And Food


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Blue-Crowned Hanging Parrot is called a forest bird, because its natural habitat is indeed in dense forests. They live freely and always in pairs in a large group.
This bird multiply by laying as many as 3 eggs, with the incubation period reaching 3-4 weeks and then hatching. the nest is made on a hollow tree trunk. This bird can spawn 3-4 times a year.
These bird foods in general are fruits, such as cashew, apple, strawberries, and share the kind of fruit they may find in the jungle.

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